CAMP LEJEUNE — Some area residents may notice an increased presence of military vehicles, aircraft and noise around Marine Corps Auxiliary Landing Field Bogue and other local areas as the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit executes Realistic Urban Training Exercise 21 through Thursday, Oct. 7.

CARTERET COUNTY — The U.S. Census Bureau released results from the 2020 census Thursday, and the numbers show Carteret County has grown slightly since the last count was conducted in 2010.

BOGUE — The Bogue Town Council honored the widow of founding father and longtime council member Herbert Page Monday night, presenting her a framed copy of a June 3 article about Mr. Page that appeared in the News-Times along with a proclamation the council adopted June 21 honoring her husband.  

BEAUFORT — Motorists and residents can brace themselves for campaign signs this fall, with races set for mayoral and governing board seats in several of Carteret County’s 11 towns this November.

BOGUE — James Nelson Smallwood had seen more than enough scary near-accidents involving speeding motorists and children in recent months on Forest Line Drive, so he went before the Bogue Town Council and asked for speed bumps on his street.

BOGUE — The Bogue Town Council adopted by 3-0 vote Monday night a resolution to honor longtime Councilman Herbert Page, who died last month after a long illness.

BOGUE — The smallest town in western Carteret County lost a friend, public servant and a walking history of its past Friday when 84-year-old Bogue Councilman Herbert Page died after a long illness.

BOGUE — Town officials earlier this month submitted a grant application to help buy land for what could be Bogue’s first park.

BOGUE — A Thursday afternoon fire in Bogue destroyed a shed and potentially threatened at least one home, but firefighters doused the blaze before more serious damage could occur.

BOGUE — The Bogue Town Council voted 3-0 Monday night to adopt a $220,300 budget for fiscal 2021-22, which begins Thursday, July 1.

BOGUE — The Bogue Town Council gave a representative of The Conservation Fund the go-ahead Monday night to apply for a grant to help buy land for the town’s first park.

BEAUFORT — A Newport man has been charged with felony death by vehicle and felony involuntary vehicular manslaughter in connection with the death of a Broad Creek man July 4, 2020.

CARTERET COUNTY — In response to the Carteret County Board of Commissioners’ decision March 15 to form a committee to look into options for a hybrid sales tax distribution method, leaders from the county’s 11 municipalities share how they believe a change in the distribution method could aff…

BOGUE — The Bogue Town Council voted unanimously March 15 to rezone a lot at 5117 Highway 24 from R-20 (residential, minimum lot size 20,000 square feet) to B-1 (general business) district.

CEDAR POINT — The Western Carteret Interlocal Cooperation Agency Board of Directors voted unanimously Wednesday night to send Chief Kevin Hunter’s proposed fiscal 2021-22 budget for the Western Carteret Fire and EMS Department to Carteret County officials for review and approval.

BEAUFORT — Following a decision earlier in the month to retain the ad valorem method of sales tax distribution,the Carteret County Board of Commissioners has decided to form a committee to examine the possibility of a hybrid distribution plan instead, but any changes the committee recommends…

CEDAR POINT — The Western Carteret Interlocal Cooperation Agency Board of Directors will hold a public hearing Wednesday on Chief Kevin Hunter’s proposed 2021-22 budget for the Western Carteret Fire and EMS Department.

CARTERET COUNTY — Local governments are slated to receive millions in coronavirus relief funds thanks to the passage of a $1.9 trillion stimulus package this week, with Carteret County expecting nearly $13.5 million, in addition to funds for each of the 11 municipalities.

CAPE CARTERET — After outcry from some western Carteret County towns, the county board of commissioners will revisit its decision last week to maintain the current method of state-shared sales tax distribution to municipalities.

CARTERET COUNTY — Officials in the western Carteret County towns reacted with expressions of disappointment after county commissioners voted 4-3 Wednesday to maintain the current system of state-shared sales tax distribution.

CEDAR POINT — The Western Carteret Fire Department and its service recipients and taxpayers got good news Thursday when the N.C. Department of Insurance announced it has improved the agency’s insurance rating to a 5/9E, effective Tuesday, June 1.

NEWPORT — As town officials begin work on budgets for the next fiscal year, Newport is seeking a change to Carteret County’s sales tax distribution method.

CEDAR POINT — The Western Carteret Interlocal Cooperation Agency Board of Directors voted unanimously Wednesday night to set a public hearing for Wednesday, March 17 on Western Carteret Fire and EMS Department Chief Kevin Hunter’s preliminary fiscal 2021-22 budget.

OCEAN — Broad and Gales Creek and Western Carteret emergency crews have reportedly cleared the scene of a multi-vehicle collision that occurred Tuesday afternoon near the intersection of Highway 24 and Red Barn Road in Ocean. 

CEDAR POINT — The Western Carteret Interlocal Cooperation Agency Board of Directors will formally receive and review Western Carteret Fire and EMS Department Chief Kevin Hunter’s proposed fiscal 2021-22 budget during a meeting Wednesday.